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Acropora nobilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora nobilis was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora nobilis by Patterson Edward et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora nobilis Dana
1906Acropora eminens Marenzeller
2004Acropora nobilis Patterson Edward et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesnobilis(Dana 1846)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acropora nobilis Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora eminens Marenzeller 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available